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Sunday, 6 May 2012

Showcase Sunday #1

Showcase Sunday is a new weekly meme I’m taking part in
hosted by Vicky at Books, Biscuits and Tea. The aim is to showcase our newest books or book related swag and to see what
everyone else received for review, borrowed from libraries, bought in bookshops
and downloaded onto eReaders this week.

As I didn’t post the books I got last week I’ve combined
everything I got over the last two weeks into one post. I think this has
probably been my best showcase yet!

I think I may have gone a bit overboard with NetGalley, but how
could I resist some of these amazing books? Especially with Code Name Verity,
Timepiece and One Moment being up as read now options? The button was just
glaring at me!

I’ve also read nothing but
great reviews for The Immortal Rules and some are even saying it’s better than
Kagawa’s Iron Fey series! So I was thoroughly excited to get a copy.

I would never have considered
Glitch if it hadn’t been for the review by Eunice from Book
Overdose, people with X-men like abilities? that alone was enough to
make me go off and request a copy! You can read her fab review here.

Bought:

Insurgent by Veronica Roth

Slammed by Colleen Hoover

Take a Bow by Elizabeth Euhlberg

I
tried stalling my reading progress as much possible with Insurgent but again
it was another unputdownable read. I
think I may have fallen in love with Four even more. I didn’t think it was
possible after reading Divergent, but seriously this guy! I will have my review
up soon.

Slammed
has been getting tons of 5 star ratings over the last few weeks, it’s been
described as unputdownable and it is Hoover’s self-published debut novel! There
have been quite a few hidden gems in self-published books recently, anyone
remember Angelfall? And I’m one of those people who doesn’t need too much
convincing to buy a book!

As you already probably know I’m a huge fan of
contemporaries especially ones with music /performing arts themes, I had been
pining over Take a Bow for a while now and the cover is just mesmerising so how
could I resist?

Borrowed:

Pandemonium by Lauren Oliver

Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart

Boy Book by E. Lockhart

Delirium
was one of the few dystopians I enjoyed, however when Pandemonium was released
I didn’t go rushing out to buy a copy, of course I wanted more Alex as soon as
possible, but I’d read some mixed reviews and a lot weren’t too happy with the
way Pandemonium ends, I get all antsy over cliff hangers so I’m hoping this one
won’t be too bad, who am I kidding when are cliff hangers ever good?

Catie
over at The Readventurer and Mandee at Vegan YA Nerds have been flying through E.
Lockhart’s series and thoroughly enjoying them. I think I’m in need of some funny
reads so I can’t wait to get stuck in!

Freebie:

Elemental by Brigid Kemmerer

Elemental
is the novella prequel to one of my highly anticipated series this year. All
I’m going to say is four hot brothers anyone?

That’s
me done, looks like I’ll have a super busy reading schedule over the next few
weeks! I’d love to know what goodies you got this week!

The Pandemonium ending was a terrible (and by that I mean evil) cliffhanger but it did leave me with some satisfaction! I can't wait to see what you think of it. :) Brilliant haul in the last two weeks Jasprit! You got a ton of awesome books. I'm looking forward to reading Knee Deep myself and I've heard great things about Take A Bow. Hope you enjoy it!

Aah, amazing haul, Jasprit! Don't we all LOVE Netgalley? ;) I'm really interested with Between You and Me, so I'll look forward to your review on the book! I also have Glitch this week. It doesn't sound like the book I usually enjoy, but I really like the cover! x)

Great books, I hope you enjoy Insurgent and The Immortal Rules as much as I did :-) I also really enjoyed Pandemonium, though I know a lot of other readers felt their loyalties were being tested to breaking point! I've got Code Name Verity waiting to be read on my kindle, and Glitch is part of my books this week.Happy reading :-)

Whoa, what an amazing week for you, Jasprit! I kind of prefer the UK cover for Code Name Verity. I usually order hardcover when I love a book as much as I loved that one, but the US edition isn't nearly as pretty as the UK one. I just feel that it fits the story better. I'm not the biggest fan of the UK Insurgent cover either.

Nice haul, Jasprit. I'm so excited to hear you loved Four even more after reading Insurgent! Slammed is one I picked up as well after seeing so many 5 stars. Jolene Perry's book looks really good too. I'm not even going to touch Pandemonium after some of the reviews I've seen. I have that book too but I'm waiting til the 3rd is out. I will save everyone from my ranting, foot-stomping, and general hissy fits that accompany horrible cliffhangers! Haha! :)

It is so easy to go crazy on Netgalley:) I hope at least a few of them pull through for you, though I have very little doubt about Code Name Verity being A-MAZING. I don't think I've heard one negative word about it. I've never heard of Slammed...maybe I'm living under a rock? If you think it might be a hidden gem like Angelfall, I'm all over it. All.over.it. Thanks, Jasprit!

You had such a great book week Jasprit! I loved The Immortal Rules and One Moment, I can't wait to read your thoughts on those:) I'm really excited for Glitch too, how gorgeous is that cover? LOVE IT:)

I love the fact that almost everyone got Insurgent and One Moment this week <3 I'm dying to read both of these books. I'm reading Divergent at the moment (well, I'm almost at the end) so I'm really curious to find out how the story goes on.

I've got One Moment and Glitch as well. Take a Bow sounds great. I have read The Lonely Hearts Club, which is written by the same author and I enjoy it very much. Have you read that? I downloaded Elemental too. Happy reading! :-)